LOUIS XIV (1638-1715). Letter (written and signed "Louis" by the secretary of the hand Toussaint ROSE), Saint-Germain en Laye August 11, 1662, to M. de Bourtroude (Louis-Charles Voisin, S. de Bourgtheroulde), president at the Parliament of Rouen; 1 page in-4, address on the back with red wax seals with the royal coat of arms on yellow silk laces (freckles). About hunting dogs. "Having the intention of forming a pack of the most beautiful and best dogs that it will be possible to find, I am sending you this bearer to choose from among your own those that will be able to accommodate me. I am sure that you will be at ease to contribute to my satisfaction by showing him all of them and even by informing him of the good and bad qualities that they will have so that he will succeed all the better in the choice that he will make...